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Postcode Cache 114: Papa Lima 5 Letterbox Hybrid

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GeoOldham: Time for this one to go , it keeps going missing

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Hidden : 10/2/2017
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

UK postcodes, introduced by the Royal Mail (then called the General Post Office) now serve several purposes. They were originally intended to help sorting offices categorise the postal mail, however they are also used for calculating insurance premiums, aggregating census statistics, and for designating coordinates for route planning devices. Postcodes were first used in London in 1857, and expanded to several large cities in 1939 , reaching the rest of the UK between1959 and1974.


As postcodes are used on posted letters, we thought we'd make it a letterbox cache . There is a rubber stamp and ink pad inside for you to use with your own notebook. Please be sure to leave the stamp and ink pad in the cache afterwards. If you have your own stamp you can also stamp the logbook; if not, just sign as usual.

The cache is not at the posted co-ordinates, but can be located by solving the puzzles below.

  • A is the number of the main A’road cutting through PL5 minus 38
  • B is the number after PL5 for Mary Dean's Primary School
  • CCC Crownhill Road is a Post Office
  • D is St Aidens – PL5 xSS
  • E is the bus number 4x along Lakeside Drive
  • F is the number of star’s at 4NN
  • G is C + D + E

N50 D(B+2).ACD W004 AG.EF(B+2)

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“If you wish to add to the Post Code series please contact fly2live2fly on dragon53lady@yahoo.co.uk for a number “ >

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There is no pencil in this cache.

You will have to take your own writing implement if you wish to log a find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fcbvyre cubgb cebivqrq va gur Trbpurpxre

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)